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COMBINED FUSE CUTTER, GAP SETTER, AND INSEB TER. No.- 365,179. PatentedJune 21, 1887.

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CALEB-D. HALE, or LEADVILLE, COLORADO.

COMBINED FUSE-CUTTER, CAP-SETTER, .AND INSERTER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No, 365,179, dated June 21,1887.

Application filed March 4, 1887. Serial No. 229,695. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CALEB D. HALE, of

'Leadville, in the county of Lake and State of Colorado, have invented anew and Improved Combined Fuse-Gutter, Gap-Setter, and Inserter, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improvedcombination-tool for mindrawings, forming a part of this specification,

in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts inall the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a plan viewofthe same, with thesetting-tool in position to be used, part 'beingbrokenout. Fig. 3 is a sectional end elevation of the tool through thefuse-cutting jaws. Fig. 4 is a similar view of the same through thecap-fasteningjaws.

The tool A is madein the shape of a pair of pliers or shears, and isprovided with the blades B and O, pivoted together at D, and formed attheir rear ends into handles E and E, respectively, of any desiredshape, preferably, however, as shown in the drawings, so that-when thetool is closed the ends of the handles E and E abut against each other,thus limiting the closing motionuof the blades B and G. The latter areeach provided near their front ends with a half-round slot or opening,'11 or F, having at their innermost ends inwardly-projecting 'tusks orprongs G G. Between the slots F and F and the pivot D are formed on theblades B and O the corresponding half-round openings or slots, H,'andeach having a curved cutting-edge, H. Near the inner end ofthe handle Eis pivoted one end of the inserting-tool I, which consists of a pinhaving a pointed end, I, which, when the tool is not in use, rests in agroove, J,

formed on the outer end of the handle E.

The instrument is used as follows: In order to cut the fuse offsquarely, the operator takes and opens the same, and then places withhis other hand the fuse to be cut off between the slots H. The blades Band O. are now closed by pressing the handles E and E toward each other,so that the cutting-edges H cut the fuse squarely into two parts. Thefiring-cap is then slipped over the cut-off end of the fuse, and theblades B and G are again opened, and the cap is introduced with itsinner fuse end into' the opening or slot F, after which the blades B andO are again closed, so that the teeth or prongs G and G embed themselvesin the cap, and thus clinch the cap onto the fuse, whereby the capcannot be removed from the fuse. When the inserting-tool I is to beused, then the operator opens the handles E and E and lifts the pointedend I of the tool I out of the groove J, and then swings the tool I atright angles to the blades B and O, as shown in, Fig. 2. The pointed endI can then be used for making a cavity in thick powder, or any powderwhere caps can be used, for the purpose of inserting the fuse and cappreparatory to its being fired.

Having thus fully described my invention, 1 claim as new and desiretosecure by Letters Paten't- 1. As an improved article of manufacture, thecombined fuse-cutter, cap-setter, and inserter, comprising thetwo bladesB O, pivoted at D, and having the handles E E, the blades beingprovided, respectively, with the cutting-edges H, and the slots F F,having the inward-projecting prongs G, and the inserter I, pivoted atits inner end to the inner face of one of the handles, to be foldedbetween the handles when not in use and outand described. 4

CALEB D. HALE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM HOLLAND, "WILLIAM R. HALL.

